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Created: 2018-12-01 11:02:27 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-25 2:29:39 PM

J.W. McGiffin (1983)	J.W. McGiffin (1986)	J.W. McGiffin (1991/10)	CSL Niagara (1998)
CSL Niagara (1998)	J.W. McGiffin (1998/11)	CSL Niagara (2003)	CSL Niagara (2005/04/18)
CSL Niagara (2005/05/31)	CSL Niagara (2005/05/31)	CSL Niagara (2005/07/28)	CSL Niagara (2006/04/21)
CSL Niagara (2007/05/04)	CSL Niagara (2011/08/07)	CSL Niagara (2012/08/12)	CSL Niagara (2012/11/17)
CSL Niagara (2014/06/15)	CSL Niagara (2016/08/20)	CSL Niagara (2017/04/22)	CSL Niagara (2017/04/22)
CSL Niagara (2017/10/05)	CSL Niagara (2018/06/09)	CSL Niagara (2018/06/09)	CSL Niagara (2020/06/26)
CSL Niagara (2020/06/26)	CSL Niagara (2020/09/01)	CSL Niagara (2020/09/01)	CSL Niagara (2021/07/28)
CSL Niagara (2021/07/28)	CSL Niagara (2021/07/28)	CSL Niagara (2025/05/10)	CSL Niagara (2025/05/10)
CSL Niagara (2025/08/08)	CSL Niagara (2025/08/08)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Collingwood Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada	Hull #:	197
Builder 2:	Port Weller Dry Docks	Location 2:	St. Catharines, Ontario	Hull #:	77
Keel Layed:	1971/03/02	Launched:	1971/12/16	Commissioned:	1972/04/17

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Pielstick 10PC2-3V-400 10-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	9000 bhp (6620 kW) - 13 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Crossley Premier Engines Ltd. - Manchester, United Kingdom
Year: 2013	Type:	2 MaK/Caterpillar 6M32C 6-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	8046 bhp (6000 kW) - 13.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	MaK/Caterpillar - Kiel, Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	222.51 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	22716
	Length (lbp):	219.62 m (720.5 ft)	Net Tonnage:	16598
	Beam:	22.94 m (75.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	33402
	Depth:	14.18 m (46.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.018 m (29.6 ft)
Year: 1999	Length (oa):	225.5 m (739.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	23983
	Length (lbp):	222.6 m (730.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	7916
	Beam:	23.76 m (78.0 ft)	Dead Weight:	37200
	Depth:	14.18 m (46.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.018 m (29.6 ft)
	Change Description:	Rebuilt with a new cargo section and bow in 1998/99 at Port Weller Drydocks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1972/04

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1972/04

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
J.W. McGiffin	1999/04/10
CSL Niagara

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 331086	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada			1972/04/17	1999/07
Can 331086	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	VCGJ	316029000	1999/07/12

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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